Bako Sahakyan

Bako Sahakyan (Armenian: Բակո Սահակյան; born 30 August 1959) was the third president of the de facto-independent Republic of Artsakh. He was first elected as President on 19 July 2007. On 19 July 2012, he was re-elected for a second five-year term, receiving approximately two-thirds of the votes.[1] In 2017, he was re-elected indirectly for a three-year term. Sahakyan replaced Arkadi Ghukasyan, who had held the presidential post for two five-year terms.

Bako Sahakyan
Բակո Սահակյան
3rd President of Artsakh
In office
7 September 2007 – 21 May 2020
Prime MinisterAnushavan Danielyan
Arayik Harutyunyan
Preceded byArkadi Ghukasyan
Succeeded byArayik Harutyunyan
Interior Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh
In office
1999–2001
PresidentArkadi Ghukasyan
Personal details
Born (1960-08-30) 30 August 1960
Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union (now Artsakh)
Political partyIndependent
Alma materArtsakh University
Military service
Branch/serviceNagorno-Karabakh Defense Army
Years of service1990–2007
Battles/warsNagorno-Karabakh War

Sahakyan was born in Stepanakert, NKAO, Azerbaijan SSR, in 1960. After serving in the Soviet army, he worked for nine years in a Stepanakert factory. In 1990, he joined the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, of which he became a deputy commander.[2] In 1999, he was named interior minister of Nagorno-Karabakh. He also led the Nagorno-Karabakh security service from 2001 to June 2007,[1][3][4] when he resigned in order to run in the 2007 Nagorno-Karabakh presidential election.

Sahakyan ran as an independent and won the elections with 85 percent of the votes. Voters mainly turned to Sahakyan because of his record in the security services.[5] He has pledged to seek full independence of Artsakh, using the example that international recognition of Kosovo as an independent state would pave the way for acceptance of Artsakh's sovereignty.[6] He was re-elected for a second five-year term in 2012[7] and then indirectly in 2017 for a three-year term.

Sahakyan is married and has two children.[8]

His name is sometimes transcribed as Bako Sahakian or Saakian.

See also

References
  1. "The Office of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in USA". Nkrusa.org. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  2. "Former Security Chief Wins Nagorno-Karabakh Vote". Rferl.org. 2007-07-20. Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  3. Archived October 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2004 - Page 132 by Taylor & Francis Group, Imogen Gladman
  5. "Azerbaijan breakaway elects new president". Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
  6. Archived August 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "СООБЩЕНИЕ ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОЙ ИЗБИРАТЕЛЬНОЙ КОМИССИИ НАГОРНО-КАРАБАХСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ". Азат Арцах. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  8. "Bako Sahakyan - Biography". president.nkr.am. President of the Artsakh Republic. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
Political offices
Preceded by
Arkadi Ghukasyan		 President of Artsakh
2007–2020		 Succeeded by
Arayik Harutyunyan
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